Admissions??????

Colleges & Universities New York University
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<p>I am a junior at a public school in Tennessee. I would like to know my chances of getting into NYU (Stern), but will also complete the requirements for medical school. </p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.95 unweighted
Top 10% of my class.
ACT: 26 (just recently got a 30 on practice test)</p>

<p>About 15 Honors classes and will have 4 APs by the end of my Senior year (my school only offers 6)-A’s in all AP</p>

<p>ECs:
-Volunteering at Hospital in the summer
-Work part time at Chick-fil-A
-Attended National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine at UCLA
-Will Attend TN Govenor’s School for International Studies and willl take class in Macroeconomics.
-International DECA Competitor for creating a business
-Lettered in Band, Bowling, Football
-Writer for School Paper
-Member of Mock Trial for 3 yrs.
-Battle of Bands charity event for INTERACT
-Member of NHS
-Member of BETA
-Member of DECA and FBLA
-Received the Billy Mitchell Award in Civil Air Patrol and was the Cadet Commander of my local squadron. (equivalent of an Eagle Scout)</p>

<p>I am sure there are others…these are the ones I can remember.</p>

<p>Please be honest and tell me what I need to work on…I know the ACT needs improvements, but anything else would help.</p>

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<p>You have a laundry list of EC’s. You need two SAT II’s, and your ACT is below median. (31ish) </p>

<p>If you are applying ED, I would say you have a slightly better than average chance. RD, you’re the average applicant.</p>

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<p>I dont believe I have to have two SAT II’s, am I wrong???</p>

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<p>Your EC’s are decent and your grades/workload looks great but the ACT is going to hold you back. For the Stern the average is 32 and your score is way too low but if you can get it up to 30-32 level I think you should be alright.</p>

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<p>The most competitive applicants have a multifarious collection of standardized test scores.</p>

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<p>Nice vocab nuclear…:)</p>

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<p>Hey, maybe my vocabulary can help you do better on your ACT. lol</p>

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<p>Why are you applying to Stern if you want to go to med school?</p>

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<p>I dont know if I want to yet or not. I would like to fulfill the requirements do I can keep that option open.</p>

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<p>Before you apply to Stern, definitely check that you’ll be able to finish both your Stern major and the pre-med requirements, as there are quite a few of them on top of your MAP and Stern requirements. You can also always contact the pre-med advisor to try to figure out if you’ll have enough room in your schedule to do all the necessary classes depending on your intended major in Stern. If it looks like it’s going to be difficult, you can always apply to CAS and major in, say, econ, or even apply to Gallatin and do some sort of combined business/health concentration.</p>

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<p>@Nuclear</p>

<p>You said she has “a laundry list of EC’s.” Is that bad or good? B/c I have like a ton of EC’s and I’m trying to get into Stern too.</p>

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<p>When you have a laundry list of EC’s:</p>

<p>1) It looks like you have no passion
2) It looks like you are spreading yourself thin
3) It shows admissions officers you are not dedicated to one discreet cause, rather multiple causes that you do not make major contributions to. This is also one way for admissions officers to figure out whether you joined EC’s to look good in the eyes of the admissions officers, and for the altruistic benefit.</p>

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<p>So it’s better the just tell them about the one that you put the most effort into? Because I do a lot, and I actively participate in them, but there are a few in which my effort is sub-par mainly…because my parent force me to do them.</p>

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<p>You’ll have limited room to put down ECs, so put down the ones you are really committed to first and then, if you’ve still got room, add those other ones. Otherwise, if you’ve already got a decent handful, you can just leave them off.</p>